THE WOMEN OF TTN-NYC

Browse through our Member Profiles to learn more about the members of the NYC Chapter.

These diverse women share something in common – this amazing stage of life filled with opportunity!

TNN-NYC women are smart, energetic, curious and passionate - pursuing the interests that may have been put on hold for family or career purposes. Here are their stories.

Mary Lou Floyd

Mary Lou Floyd, co-founder of a blog known as Second Lives Club, knew she’d made an important connection when she heard about The Transition Network. “I noticed that TTN’s mission was very similar to that of Second Lives Club,” she recalls. An entrepreneur at heart, she remembers thinking the two entities could work together somehow. So she became a member. It didn’t take long to click with other new TTNers. MORE

“Retirement is not an event,” points out TTN veteran Marilyn Stetar, “it’s a process.” At least 10 years ago, Marilyn read an article about The Transition Network in The New York Times and knew right away. She was anticipating her own retirement from the M&M Mars candy company, and thought, “That sounds fantastic.” She met with other members at a dinner in Greenwich Village and was sold. More...

Pamela Brown

Exploring for New Experiences and An Emotional ‘Home’

TTN is for exploring women -- women who search for both new experiences and an emotional “home.” Both objectives can be met through TTN’s peer groups and Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
After a busy whirlwind of sampling TTN activities to see what suited her best, the breakthrough for new member Pamela Brown came with the recent Third Thursday program called “People and Passions”. It was an inspirational experience for Pam. More...

ENERGETIC TREKKER

Member Profiler spoke with Elizabeth Hansen when she was fresh off the plane after a week-long respite in Oaxaca, Mexico, steeped in her most-refreshing form of yoga. More...

Sally Dougan

Sally conducted a series of focus groups that eventually led to the founding of TTN’s unique Caring Collaborative. She is a member of TTN’s current Steering Committee. Sally also co-chairs the Program Committee, which strives to provide through the monthly Third Thursday meetings, learning opportunities and other activities to satisfy an umbrella of member interests. More

Jamie Russell

Jamie Russell is a pioneer TTNer – one of the first wave of members who created the first two peer groups, defining -- through their own experience -- the peer group concept. Her group still meets, after nearly 14 years of sharing. More...

Sandy Merrill

Sandy Merrill recalls that she heard about TTN, probably through a newspaper article, when she was in her 50s. But she didn’t act on that knowledge right away.
“I kind of put it in ‘deep storage’, thinking it was a good idea for my retirement years.”
But later, after a career as an executive in hospitals and nonprofit organizations, Sandy decided she wanted to do something different – but somewhat related. Her solution was to go back to school. Five years ago, she began training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in Manhattan and, in the process, created a new identity for herself as a certified nutrition and wellness coach. More...